Cinema review: Avengers Endgame

Cinema review: Avengers Endgame

DEATH is seldom a final farewell in the hallowed realms inhabited by spandex-clad superheroes.

Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and Thor have all regenerated on the pages of well-thumbed comics.

Consequently, gobs should not be smacked if the 22nd film in the Marvel Comics cinematic universe chooses to resurrect some of the brave souls, who were reduced to ashes at the thrilling conclusion of Avengers: Infinity War when hulking villain Thanos (Josh Brolin) exterminated half of all living organisms with a snap of his digitally-rendered fingers.

Screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely confidently surf the ripple effect of Thanos’ radical approach to population control, cresting a wave of feverish anticipation that has been gathering momentum over the past 12 months.

The script’s reach occasionally exceeds its grasp and there’s a disappointing inevitability to some of the whirring cogs and gears of a slickly engineered plot that leans heavily on familiar science fiction paradoxes.

However, when planets align and pure emotion wells in the actors’ eyes, there’s no denying the primal power of pivotal scenes of self-sacrifice and redemption.

It’s a full-blooded odyssey of redemption that bristles with bold ambition and the studio’s trademark irreverent humour.

Thanos has devastated the overpopulated third rock from the sun, sounding a death knell for billions. Before his demise, Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) issued a distress call to Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) and she arrives on a decimated earth to mourn her fallen mentor.

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